Won’t tolerate use of Afghan soil terrorism : Asim Munir

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Thursday said the country “would not tolerate the use of Afghan soil for conduct of terrorism against our people”. Munir made the comment during an interaction with Ulema of Ahl-e-Tasheeh (Shiite) community at Rawalpindi, the army said in a statement.

Referring to Operation Ghazab lil Haq (Righteous Fury), he emphasised that “Pakistan will not tolerate use of Afghan soil for conduct of terrorism against our people, and reiterated the resolve to eliminate terrorists and their infrastructure operating against Pakistan.”

Pakistan launched the operation on February 26 in response to alleged attacks by the Afghan Taliban forces along the 2,600-km-long border.

Munir further said that the Afghan Taliban must prevent the use of Afghan soil for terrorism against Pakistan.